Oracle may be planning to develop a new cloud region in Indonesia.
Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports Oracle is in discussions with the Indonesian government to establish a cloud data center within the country, with the company focused on the island of Batam.
Nongsa Digital Park in Batam is reportedly the favored location. The park is already home to several in-development facilities.
Discussions are said to be not final and may be subject to change.
Oracle did not respond to Bloomberg’s request for comment. Representatives for Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs also did not respond to a request for comment.
Batam is the largest city in the Riau Islands and is located close to Singapore, on the opposite side of the Singapore Strait.
Nongsa Park, developed by Citramas Group, has been granted special economic zone (SEZ) status, which provides beneficial tax tariffs. Telkom Indonesia & Etisalat and GDS are also looking at developing in Nongsa Park. Gaw recently launched the first phase of its data center there. Telkom Indonesia’s Telin is developing a cable landing station in the area for the Indonesia Cable Express (ICE) system.
Currently, Batam is home to 12 subsea cables, including JaSuKa, SEAX-1, and Matrix, with four more expected to land in the coming years. The majority of these cables land at the Tanjung Bemban CLS.
Google Cloud, Huawei, Tencent, and Amazon Web Services all have a presence in Indonesia, in Jakarta. Microsoft is currently developing data centers in the Jawa Barat region of Indonesia, and last year committed to investing $1.7bn in the country.
Oracle doesn’t currently have an Indonesia cloud region. Across APAC, the company operates regions in Singapore, Japan, South Korea, India, and Australia, with another planned in Malaysia. Oracle typically leases space in data centers, rather than building its own.